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" Sporting lives : "
James W. Pipkin
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BL
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| Record Number
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700079
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b522268
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| Main Entry
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Pipkin, James W.,1944-
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| Title & Author
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Sporting lives : : metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies /\ James W. Pipkin
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| Publication Statement
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Columbia :: University of Missouri Press,, [2008]
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, ©2008
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| Series Statement
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Sports and American culture series
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| Page. NO
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ix, 161 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0826217796
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: 9780826217790
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-155) and index
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| Contents
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"The echoing green" -- Body songs -- Magic : the performing body -- The end of autumn -- "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity
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| Abstract
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"Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher
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| Subject
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Athletes-- United States, Biography
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Autobiographies-- United States
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Sports-- United States, Biography
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| LC Classification
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GV697.A1P475 2008
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